The Fat Angel Sings

2:54 are an alternative rock band from London comprising sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow.The Thurlow sisters were born in Ireland but spent much of their childhood in Bristol after moving there at an early age.In mid-2010 they formed 2:54, named after part of a song by The Melvins (in Colette’s words the “point on ‘History Of Bad Men’ where the bass line turns doomy, and dreamy”.
They first came to public attention in 2010 after putting one of their demos online. Their debut single, “On a Wire”, released in 2011 and was followed with “Scarlet” on Fiction Records.
They toured with Warpaint, Wild Beasts, The Big Pink, The Maccabees, and The xx, and played at several festivals including South by Southwest. The sisters are joined for live shows in by bassist Joel Porter and drummer Alex Robins.
Their self-titled debut album, recorded with producer Rob Ellis and mixed by Alan Moulder, was released in May 2012 on Fiction Records in the UK and Fat Possum Records in the US.
In July 2014, 2:54 announced they had signed to the excellent independent record label Bella Union. They released their second album later in that year, initially making available a stream of the track “Orion”.